Complications, side effects, and drugs for my drugs.
There have not been too many days during this 5 year hell of fighting ovarian cancer that I have felt like I was dying: 1.The few days...
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Apr 14, 20213 min read
Greetings from the chemo chair, again
This line of chemotherapy is a full time job. The previous three lines of treatment were infusions every 3 weeks. This regime of Carbo...
Apr 3, 20213 min read
An Unexpected veer into ER, admission
Greetings from my hospital bed at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital's Oncology ward. I did not expect to be here, but 2 days of fever and...
Mar 9, 20214 min read
International Women's Day
It has been a difficult few weeks, both physically and emotionally. I know I have been saying that all too often lately. I can feel the...
Feb 16, 20213 min read
Cannabinoid Science Roundup
Before I dive into the latest peer reviewed literature, I'll mention some canna business news. GW pharmaceuticals, the UK medical...
Feb 4, 20213 min read
World Cancer Day
Now that I have many followers who don't know me personally it feel odd leading with my health news, but here it is: a 16 day post-op...
Jan 16, 20212 min read
lymphadenectomy
UPDATE: Michelle is home from surgery, sore but otherwise well. And the procedure was successful in obtaining enough tumor cells for both...
Jan 6, 20213 min read
Death of America, death of me
I weep for our crumbling Democracy. The one thing which makes watching this sedition/insurrection/coup easier is knowing my time in...
Dec 30, 20202 min read
a dark and perilous time .....
It has been a dark and perilous year of quarantine and isolation for everyone. Coupled with my long fight against Porlock and topped off...
Dec 2, 20202 min read
Reasons to be Thankful
Last month my CA 125 inched up to 18, while my CT scan showed No Evidence of Disease. But today's CA marker rocketed to 107. I am back...
Oct 31, 20202 min read
Good Trouble
I dedicate this blog post to Sean, who lost his heroic fight with colorectal cancer this month. He leaves behind a wife and young son. ...
Oct 16, 20203 min read
My 48th birthday- thanks to Cannabis
An update is long overdue. I'll start with the good news. My cancer antigen marker, CA125, fell from 9 to 5 during my last blood...
Jul 28, 20205 min read
Colorado Mountain High
Is there anything worse than being 43 and diagnosed with terminal cancer? A sneaky cancer with no diagnostic test and vague symptoms...
Jun 7, 20204 min read
Cancer Survivors Day
It has been a meandering and diverse adventure keeping myself alive these past 4 years. It all started with a crash course in ovarian...
May 18, 20206 min read
3 days left- tell Truth to Power
Thank you Thea, Allison, Laurel, Shelly, Kathy, Terry, Randy, Annie, Chris, Bruce, Cherie, Lee, Holly, Jim and Evie, Jonelle, Ellen,...
May 14, 20201 min read
Urgent help needed
Over the past 4 years you have showered me with support: emails, cards, hugs, visits, flowers, errands, help in countless ways. But none...
May 10, 20201 min read
World Ovarian Cancer Day and National Cancer Research month
What is the best way to "celebrate?" Demand research! I will not be quiet, my life depends on it. The endocannabinoid system is a...
May 1, 20203 min read
Happy Belated 420
And happy Mayday to our friends in Oxford. Miss you guys. I didn't have my Oncologist visit last week, (new strict pandemic protocols) ...
Apr 16, 20201 min read
Cancer does not stop for Corona
Advocating for cannabinoid-based oncology research should not stop either. With the film festival circuit shut down for the foreseeable...
Mar 18, 20203 min read
Fighting terminal cancer in the age of SARS-CoV-2
The entire world has just involuntarily adopted my lifestyle of quarantining at home, worrying about germs and wondering if we will be...
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